SCA COGEN 2

How SCA COGEN 2 compares

With 193 MW of capacity, SCA COGEN 2 ranks 77th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 44th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 545th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1997, it is older than 58% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTIL DIST, runs 14 operating plants in California totaling 2,070 MW. It shares Sacramento County with 38 other operating plants, including COSUMNES and FOLSOM.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 193 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 639 GWh in 2024 (a 38% capacity factor), down 10% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1997 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is AIR PRODUCTS 2, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 46 operating power plants totaling 1,538 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COSUMNES (530 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA1 - NTT in Sacramento, about 9.5 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology